C 2001/1-Rev.1


Conference

Thirty-first Session

Rome, 2-13 November 2001

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

INTRODUCTION

1. Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons
2. Appointment of General Committee and Credentials Committee (Member Nations)
3. Adoption of the Agenda and Arrangements for the Session
4. Admission of Observers
   
PART I - SUBSTANTIVE AND POLICY MATTERS
5. Review of the State of Food and Agriculture
6. FAO Plan of Action on Gender and Development 2002-2007
7. International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources
8. Progress in the Revision of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides
9. United Nations/FAO World Food Programme
   
PART II - PROGRAMME AND BUDGETARY MATTERS
10. Programme Implementation Report 1998-99
11. Programme Evaluation Report 2001
12. Programme of Work and Budget 2002-2003 (Draft Resolution)
   
PART III - LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
13. Constitutional and Legal Matters
14. FAO Audited Accounts 1998-99 (Draft Resolution)
15. Scale of Contributions 2002-2003 (Draft Resolution)
16. Payment by the European Community to Cover Expenses Arising out of its Membership in the Organization
17. Other Administrative and Financial Matters
   
PART IV - APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS
18. Applications for Membership in the Organization
19. Election of Council Members and Independent Chairman of the Council
20. Appointment of Representatives of the FAO Conference to the Staff Pension Committee
   
PART V - OTHER MATTERS
21. Date and Place of the Thirty-second Conference Session
22. Any Other Matters
  22.1 McDougall Memorial Lecture
  22.2 Presentation of B.R. Sen Awards
  22.3 Presentation of A.H. Boerma Award
  22.4 Presentation of Edouard Saouma Award
  22.5 Margarita Lizárraga Medal
  22.6 In Memoriam
     
  Information Documents will be tabled on the following subjects*
A. Statutory Report on Status of Conventions and Agreements, and Amendments thereto.
B. Status of Contributions
C. Medium Term Plan 2002-2007
D. The International Year of Mountains 2002
   
     
* Delegates wishing to comment on Information Documents will be given an opportunity to do so under Item 22: Any Other Matters.